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My question is similar to joshlam's..... When I connect my old Iomega ZIP100 to my PC running Windows 7, all the lights are on but no one's home! Do I need to install a driver? If so, I would be very grateful if someone can provide me a link for a free download. I've visited the following page...

I just bought a new mouse off of amazon, I like almost everything about it but the scrollwheel is just too sensitive and is very jumpy. If I slowly scroll the wheel down or up, itll frequently jump back in the opposite direction, sometimes I dont even have to fully roll the wheel to have it...

So I've had my PC for about 3.5 years now. Its done me fine and I've never done anything to it except some dust maintenance. But as time goes on im beginning to have some issues with newer games and overall performance errors. The first issue is when you boot up the computer from it being shut...

guys a have a question , will my a10-7860k bottlenecks the rx480 or GTX 1060? whats the best choice 1060 ir rx480? need help here

Hi everyone, I built my first build last night. Followed all the manuals, but when I turned the power on - it wouldn't POST. All the fans are spinning, RAM's LED indicators are flashing but there's no beep - just the silence. I read that thread...

I recently bought a 120/240v power supply from Corsair. Today I tried the self test with no cables plugged in and it failed. I have tried it at 120 and at 240v with the same result. When I called Corsair technical support they say it might be due to the fact I am at 247v at the plug. I think its...

Hello. I've just bought Tomb Raider and really love the style of the game genre and i want to find more games like it so please leave suggestions off games thanks. By the way is the metro franchise a good game for me heo like tomb raider?

Just bought a new PC and when I try installing windows through my flash drive it doesn't detect my HDD , and i can't seem to find it on the BIOS either.

After I clean out the dust using the air blower in my computer, I had to flip my side fans over to better airflow. I blew out the dust in the video card but it is stuck in the slot on the motherboard. After playing any game for 15-20 minutes the screen goes black I have to turn off the...

I have a 2013 Fx-4300 with a GTX950, 4Gb 1333, and it's not as fast as I'd like... I want to get it to 8Gb, and I was thinking "what if I got a Fx-8370E processor?" Is this the 'best' for the MoBo? I don't know much at all about AMD's processors, I try to compare them to my i5-2500, and...

Why would anyone need a GTX 1080, I'm not saying it's bad to have one or anything but is it not a complete over kill for everything. Or is there acutely any benmifits other then having a bad ass GPU

Hello everyone, I would like to kindly ask for advice, I'm on a rather tight budget, and I have two narrowed down my options to two Pc's with the same characteristics: -i5 4460 3.2Ghz (4th gen, up to 3.4Ghz) -8Gb Ram (1600MHz) -Motherboard Asus H81m-K They're both around the same price, but the...

i am building pc soon and am choosing between a 1060 and a 1070 for 1080p gaming. I would like to heavily mod skyrim and minecraft, which gpu would be the best for this? Also i am using an i5 6600k and 16gb of ram

I have an old Dell inspiron15 with Windows 7 but I don't manage to get the OS to start on it only a blank black screen. I only manage to get on to f8/f12 booting options and when trying to restore it says not enough space on the hard drive. Any advice how to get Windows to open or copy the...

Got a quick question, so I recently had to get a new Mobo and cooler for my CPU, hoping it would dip temps and make me able to Overclock a tad more, sadly it's quite different than I imagined it to be, with socket temps being on 40-45 degrees Celsius Idle to 65 degrees Celsius under Prime Stress...

So thx to another question that someone answer in this page I found out about the nvidia GeForce GT 730 gpu. I found out that there is a GT 740 for just a little bit more with 1 more GB of ram. Is it worth the extra money and most importantly will it fit in the optiplex 755 (sff)? Thx for the...

Hoping to get an SSD into my Dell SC440 to help speed up my boot times and kinda give this old PC\server a boot up the backside. Currently I'm running 3 spindle disks in a R5 for my boot disk on a dell cerc sata 6 controller (Sata 1.5 GB/s). Ok to kick things off the Dell SC440 Motherboard is...

Dear community, I am not sure if this is the exact forum where I should post this, but I am in a huge rush. So basically I am about to buy a gaming laptop for my college years. I can not decide between two: they both have i7-6700HQ, 16gb DDR4. But the key difference is this: one of them (Asus...

I have no flash drive, no optical drive, and even if I did I don't have a blank disk to burn it to. I want to install 1 or 2 games to my SSD, my OS, and depending if I have space left over possibly Sony Vegas. Is there any way to bring only my OS over? I have over 375gb of left over space in my...

That's the only part of the build that I don't know how to do so far. A video would be fine, if they are out there. Also, can you suggest some fans for use with the case 'Phanteks Enthoo Pro M'?

I'm going to be getting a motherboard that has the Killer LAN Ethernet port, i've seen 1 issue a few years ago, but it seems okay out of a bad driver release. If anyone's had it, is there really much improvement with it, and should I get the latest driver or just the one from the disk?

My wife and I have decided to purchase a 2-in-1 detachable for our teenage son. We realize this could be a mistake in view of the delicate nature of these devices yet, we need the features these systems offer. We do not feel we need new, just good. Here is my list of features we feel strongly...

Hi Tom's Hardware, I am about to build a new PC and looking for some feedback or improvements I could make to the build! I will mostly use this build as a workstation and for gaming. Aside for the missing GPU (I will wait a couple of months for more 1070 or 1080 reference cards to come out)...

Hey guys , I bought the Asus STRIX GTX 970 Oc yesterday & now the monitor is going in power save mode while ingame..It runs normally during other times like watching videos /surfing the net , but it goes to power save mode during gaming. Please reply to this thread to sort the problem..Thanks...

What type of engineer works on quantum computers?

Ok so i was recently turned down for a job of dog walking (£5 per hour of dog walking 1 hour a day)... This job would of funded for my pc and more... I have been waiting for ages yet only one person has responded about my dog walking advert and they turned the job down. The other day my friend...

So, I currently have a Logitech 5.1 surround sound system plugged into my sound card in my computer, and I recently got my hands on another set of nice speakers. I was wondering if there was any way to add these new speakers to the existing 3.5mm jack on my motherboard and have it mirror the...

Hi I want to know how to fix the error reboot and select proper boot device on a Toshiba Sattelite P840 could u also tell me how much it would cost if I couldn't fix it myself

So recently when I try to boot up my pc i get this error message. "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info. and then we'll restart for you(0% Complete)." The pc boots up and instead of going to my desktop gives me that and i cant even get to my...

Hi, Newbie here about to pull my hair out. My pc started getting blue screens on Sunday while I was gaming without ever changing anything. Whocrash showed it was driver related. So, I reinstalled my video drivers, and that is when my screen would go black at the user login (after starting...

Hey all, new to overclocking. Was wondering if utilizing the most minimal voltage required for the cpu overclock would decrease performance in a 3d rendering applications or Photoshop etc. I want to make sure my system is stable in the long term while giving fast single core performance...

Hello i am going to buy the new gtx 1080 and was wondering if i should upgrade to the i7 skylake to not bottleneck. i am going to be playing in 1080p but will soon move to 2k so don't tell me its overkill for 1080p.

I am currently running an AMD FX 4300, which will soon be upgraded, and a nvidia geforce 970 GTX. The CPU is running about 35 or so degrees Celsius, and the 970 is running about 50, under load. is this hot? I think its about ideal but still much warmer than im accustomed to, so i figure i'd ask

As the titles suggests, the area where I can modify an app's location in my Windows 10 Pro installation is grayed out. Using the winver command, I have determined that my version 1511 and the build is 10586.164. I thought version 1511 added the feature to change storage for apps. I've tried...

hello toms hardware. I have a intel core 2 duo cpu in a old pc of mines and i was wondering what gpu would go good with this cpu. i will be playing games as in ark survial evolved, gta 5, csgo and minecraft Please help me

Hello. I have an AMD FX 9590 with MSI 990FXA GD65 bought a week ago. My system Spec's : CPU : AMD FX 9590 MoBo : MSI 990FXA-GD65 RAM : Kingston HyperX Blu 1600 Mhz 16 GB (4 * 4 GB) 9-9-9-24 GPU : ASUS AMD Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II 4 GB memory Cooler : Deepcool FrostwinV2 PSU : Green GP700A-HP...

Hey TomsHardware :) Just wondering if some of you had some pro tips for me to find a decent and budget motherboard with SATA 6GB/s for an i7 3770. I'm not looking to overclock, nor to SLI or anything. I just want a Mobo in which I can plug a SSD and have a total use of it. I searchd Newegg...

I recently upgraded my mobo to a AsRock 970M pro3 and on that mobo I installed a new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 DVI HDMI DisplayPort Video Graphics Card (ZT-70605-10M). This rebuild also involved upgrading to windows 10. Since all of these are new I'm not sure which one to...

I've been using my Cooler Master Notepal X Slim for about a month and it broke. It was nice but it wasn't good enough for what i needed though. Link to cooling pad - http://tinyurl.com/zpgdztu I was looking for a REALLY HIGH Powered cooling pad for my laptop. Since my cooling pad broke I've...